Title The "nations within" : aboriginal-state relations in Canada, the United States, and New Zealand / Augie Fleras, Jean Leonard Elliott

Published Don Mills, Ontario : Oxford University Press, 1992

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Description xii, 267 pages : map ; 23 cm Contents 1. Introduction: Aboriginal Peoples as Nations -- pt. I. Aboriginal Nations Within Canada. 2. 'Unfinished Business': Reconstructing Aboriginal-State Relations. 3. The Social Context. 4. Aboriginal Policy. 5. The Politics of Self-Government. 6. The Department of Indian Affairs: From Bureaucracy towards Empowerment? 7. Aboriginal Protest, Symbolic Politics, and Political Reform. 8. Metis and Inuit Nationalism. 9. Conclusion: From Periphery to Centre -- pt. II. Aboriginal Nations Within the United States. 10. America: One Nation ... With Liberty and Justice For All? -- pt. III. The Maori of Aotearoa/New Zealand. 11. Devolving Maori-State Relations -- pt. IV. The 'Nations Within': Towards a Restructuring of Aboriginal-State Relations. 12. Conclusion Summary Publisher description: This is a study of the history and current state of aboriginal politics in Canada drawing comparisons with New Zealand and the United States. By exploring similar terrains of the evolving relationship of the peoples with the state, common patterns are revealed. The work includes analysis of the impact of social structures and societal constraints as they define the parameters and restrict the options of the participants in the scripting of this political drama Analysis Canada Ethnic groups Rights New Zealand United States Canada History Indigenous populations International comparisons Key item Land tenure Maoris Native Americans New Zealand Overseas item Political participation Self determination United States Notes Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-260) and index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Indians of North America -- Government relations -- 1934- Indians of North America -- Government relations. Indians of North America -- Politics and government. Indians of North America -- Canada -- Government relations. Indians of North America -- Canada -- Politics and government. Indians of North America -- Canada -- Politics and governments Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- Government relations. Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- Politics and government. Indigenous peoples -- Canada. Indigenous peoples. Maori (New Zealand people) -- Government relations. Maori (New Zealand people) -- Politics and government. SUBJECT Canada http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79007233 -- Native races -- Government relations Author Elliott, Jean Leonard, author LC no. 92229749 ISBN 0195407547 9780195407549

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